GT game thread

We have won four of the past five and are still on track for a 11-7 if not better record. This is a road game so it will not be as boring as the last game but this one will not come down to a final shot.
I think we win by 8 points. 79-71.

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1992 and 2002 graduate from NCSU. Born and raised an NCSU fan. I remember the good ol' days and they weren't in the last 20 years.
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WE MUST PULL FOR BC. The logic and explanation is posted in the forums.

If DUKE had beaten UVA and then one of the next three teams (BD, MD, or FSU…..I may be wrong on them….but they are pansies…) beat UVA, then we would be OK.

Right now, our only (most likely) chance is

Miami will be 1st…..
Duke will be second…..I don’t think it can go any other way unless Miami falls apart.
UVA will be a SOLID (no ties) third.
If DUKE beats UNC, then we will be, assuming we win out and UNC does not drop any OTHER games, in a tie with UNC for 4th. According to the ACC rules, then you compare records starting at the top. BOTH were beaten, % wise, by Miami. We lost once and UNC twice.
THEN….on to Duke. UNC would have lost TWO or had a ZERO % Win….we beat Duke ONCE and lost ONCE….so we are 50% Win. BINGO….we are NUMBER 4.
If it is a three way tie for 4th (UVA in the mix) we loose. You take the combined records against the OTHER two. UVA is 67% Win; UNC is 50% Win and we are 33%….again, UVA is third and UNC is fourth.

SO….the way my wife and I understand the rules and the probabilities…..

Duke and Miami are not going to change anything…..as long as Duke did not end up in a tie for 3rd….and that may be theoretically impossible.

UVA would have to DROP 2 to not be in the tie.
UNC would have to DROP 2 to not be in the tie….even if UNC lost one to someone else and beat DUKE…..that puts them IN.
So the only probable scenario is what I laid out.

NOW, I admit to having senior moments and maybe not understand it….but several folks have said that is correct…